alumni news notes
class notes | 1970s William J. Parr (MDiv’76) honorably retired by Grace Presbytery, June 1, 2020.
1980s Dennis Winzenried (MDiv’80) honorably retired by John Calvin Presbytery, March 1, 2020.
Find your voice.
2000s Carrie M. Finch-Burriss (MDiv’09) earned a doctor of ministry degree from McCormick Seminary this May. Her thesis title was “The Bodies of Christ: How the Sacrament of Eucharist Can Build the One Body of Christ in a Bi-Cultural Community.” Mitchell Holley (MDiv’08) is currently the deputy wing chaplain at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.
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Kaye McKee (DMin’09) founded A Spacious Place in 2006 as an outgrowth of her doctoral project. A Spacious Place is an arts-education nonprofit. Kaye writes that during the pandemic they’ve offered online creativity/spirituality practices. She thanks all who honor creativity as a way to connect to God.
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Amber Reber (MDiv’11) married David Fuentes on September 1, 2019 (photo at right). Amber runs (pun intended) her own business, Rise Runner, offering quality run coaching for youth and adults with an option for spiritual exploration and faith development in both personal and group settings. John Harrison (MDiv’15) left Afton Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri, to become fulltime chaplain at Concordance Academy, also in St. Louis, where he has worked part time since 2016. Tiffany and Ryan Gafney
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(MDiv’16) welcomed daughter, Lydia Jane, into the world on June 19, 2020.
Joe B. Donaho (MDiv’63), March 23, 2020, Germantown, Tennessee
Evan Solice (MDiv’16) was featured in a November 29, 2019, article in the Austin Chronicle about his role as chaplain to Dell Seton Medical Center’s “Buprenorphine Team” and its innovative approach to addiction.
Thomas “Tom” E. Brown (MDiv’63), December 31, 2018, Lakeland, Florida
Jasiel Hernandez (MDiv’18) has been called as associate pastor for engagement and mission at Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia.
ordinations & commissions | Michele Lott (MDiv’18), Reese Henry (MDiv’16), Janet Larson (MDiv’16), and Susan K. Rang (MDiv’16), ordained by the Rio Texas Annual Conference of the UMC. The official ordination date was June 10 and the service of ordination will be held in October. Ezequiel I. Herrera (MDiv’19), ordained on June 28, 2020, by Mission Presbytery. He serves as Rio Grande Valley Evangelist for the presbytery.
in memoriam | J. Robert Hawkins (MDiv’50), November 14, 2018, Odessa, Texas Rodney B. Peacock (MDiv’62), December 26, 2019, Kermit, Texas Bert Bronaugh (MDiv’62), March 30, 2020, Lampasas, Texas
Charles J. Freeland III (MDiv’65, DMin’79), died on June 26, 2020, in Owasso, Oklahoma. He was former trustee (1984-1993) and also served on ASA board. William J. Kerr (MDiv’66), March 2, 2018, Yankton, South Dakota Bailey P. Phelps (MDiv’66), April 9, 2018, Lafayette, Colorado Vic Dindot (MDiv’68), May 11, 2020, Navasota, Texas Justin Jones (MDiv’77), March 9, 2020, Georgetown, Texas Joel D. Cherry (Diploma’79), July 30, 2017, Sherrills Ford, North Carolina Howard C. Leming (DMin’79), July 31, 2014, Fredericksburg, Virginia Frank A. Brooks Jr. (DMin’80), January 17, 2016, Corinth, Mississippi Richard Gilmer (MDiv’87), April 29, 2020, Paris, Texas Kenneth Chadwick (DMin’89) May 4, 2020, Waco, Texas James S. Feliciano (MDiv’94), April 5, 2020, Fontana, California Martha J. Martin (MA’97), September 5, 2019, Midland, Texas
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